# Gauteng Health and Wellness MEC, Faith Mazibuko calls upon residents to exercise greater caution to prevent burn-related incidents, which typically increase during the winter months due to the use of heating devices. The department’s spokesperson, Steve Mabona, says many households rely on paraffin stoves, open fires, candles and electrical appliances to keep warm during […]
# The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union has condemned the reckless circulation of highly confidential medical information belonging to two-thousand-978 SAPS employees in the Western Cape. POPCRU spokesperson, Richard Mamabolo says an internal Human Resource communication was circulated and accompanied by an attachment titled leave subcategory, which allegedly contained confidential medical information of members, […]
# Higher Education and Training minister, Buti Manamela says for too long, South Africa’s skills planning systems have suffered from fragmentation, duplication and weak coordination. Spokesperson Matshepo Seedat says the country has Workplace Skills Plans and Sector Skills Plans that in too many cases, became exercises in reporting rather than instruments of decision-making. She says […]
# The National Student Financial Aid Scheme says its new administrator Hlengani Mathebula will be scheduling introductory courtesy meetings with institutions and representative bodies within the education sector soon. Spokesperson Ishmael Mnisi says these engagements will provide a platform to discuss the current state and future trajectory of NSFAS, address immediate operational challenges, and gain invaluable […]
# Activists and Citizens Forum says the ANC members of Parliament have sold out the values, principles and mission of the party. Forum spokesperson,Dennis Bloem says the Constitutional Court judgment on President Cyril Ramaphosa Phala Phala scandal is once more proof that the ANC does not have any respect for the Constitution of the country […]
# The City of Cape Town says it will continue visiting communities as service delivery efforts progress through its Housing City Tour. Mayoral committee member for Human Settlements, Carl Pophaim, says the initiative is aimed at improving accessibility by taking human settlements services directly to communities across the metro. He says beneficiaries of City housing […]
# Gauteng police are investigating two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder following a shooting incident at a tavern in Zamimpilo Informal Settlement, Langlaagte, Johannesburg early this morning. Police spokesperson Tintswalo Sibeko says a group of more than 40 people were sitting outside a tavern, drinking and socialising, when three unknown suspects […]
# The African People’s Convention says the ruling by the Constitutional Court on Phala Phala matter is a serious blow to the ANC as it does not take accountability serious. The African People’s Convention spokesperson Freddy Mbhandze says the ConCourt has unanimously ruled against the previous decision of parliament to reject the review of the Panel Report […]
# The minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Parks Tau remains opposed to the liquidation of Tongaat Hulett and is determined to save more than 40-thousand jobs. Tau held a meeting with KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma, and the Zulu Royal Chancellor, Inkosi Malusi Zondi, in the King Cetshwayo District. The […]